Automobile-radiator



J. J. PENHALLEGON.

AUTOMOBILE RAD|ATOR..

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15,1917. RENEWED JAN. 17.1920.

1 ,384, 3 1 5 Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

John .T. fnnnALLnGon, or irinnnan rornr, Wisconsin, assienoit To THE Pea- HALLEGON COMPANY, or Plant, mnnnsorn,

DAKOTA.

a CORPORATION OF some Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedMhrch 15, 1917, Serial No. 155,015. renewed Januar 17, 1920. Serial m, 352,235.

fzb all whom may concern:

Be it known that I. Jenn J. Pnim ninnseon, a citiren of the United States, residing at "rill, vPoint, in the county of Iowa and r of l l isconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lh1ll30lll0- blle-Pedistore, of which the following is a specification, reference being; had therein to the accompanying draw' ,2

This invention role to improveinente in radiators, and has for its object the furuishlop of a simple and e'llioient means for :l'astei rate iuidosiup; shell or casing, with the upper ll'lflil'lllfil or if one of a motor vehicle.

s will be recalled by worlre in the art which th invention relates, it is fast heaetice to employ in (.Kll'llltltllml with the ra iator proper or core, a separate outside casing that may be properly painted and finished, to the end that, as compared to directly paint.- the core, the p inted or finished surface may be remove from the intimate influence of the heat created by the radiator in. action, and thereby preserved.

llith this inniind, it is my n'esent aim to provide an improved single fastening derie 2, adapted, .GWtGLl, not only to secure the core in proper position upon the supporting member provided therefor, but also to secure at the same point the b:v se of the separate easing or shell.

The preferred embodiment of the invention presents what may be Styled a doublestein bolt of different diameters threaded on both portions thereof, to aeconinmdate suit able binding nuts, and the end of the stem of greater diameter serving as a head forthe smaller stem. When employed in keeping with my present purposes, the snialller store may be passed through a, suitable opening;- provided therefor inthe supporting frame, and a nut applied to the lower end of the stem to bind the device on the frame. An apertured flange on. the radiator core may then he slipped over the enlargedstein portion, as may also be the case with the casing; or shell, and finally another nut maybe en-- gagged with the upwardly protruding end of said larger stem to bind the superposed flanges of the radiator core and easing upon the supporting frame member.

For the purposes of rendering a better understanding; of the invention, the preferred embodiment thereof, to which I have alluding" the radiator, together with a sepa- V Fig. is a vertical sectional View. Referring more finpecifically to the dra n-- the same parts in the several vieivgl l indicates the core or body of the radiator, the same being provided with outwardly extend ting support-ingand securing flanges or lugs B, at opposite edges thereof, and C repre sents the separate outside shell or casing pro rided with siiuilady (niltwardly projecting supporting and securing flanges D, adapted to be superimposed upon the flanges or lugs 13, all, of the lugs and flanges B, D, being provided with smooth open portions E, adapted to aline in the respective opposite pairs, as shown. F is a transverse supportin frame member of the vehicle, having the depressed central portion to receive the base o of the 'adiator proper or core, the frame member being turned upwardly, as at f, to engage the edges of said base a, and then turned outwardly, as at f to afford the horizontal supportin ends f adapted to lie parallel with the lugs B and flanges D to support said lugs and flanges thereabove and thereon.

The end portions 7 of the supporting frame member are provided with smooth openings G, of diameter considerably less than the diarneter of the oijlening's E in the h and flanges previously discused.

Inasmuch as the fastening means at the opposite sides of the radiator are identical. in both instances, a description of one. will suffice for both. what I have termed a double stein securing bolt, this end being threaded, as at it, so that a nut J .n'iay be threaded upwardly tluneon in a rotary movement to the right, as shown. This reduced stein portion H adapted to pass through the openings G in a Patented Mal-23,1920;

lugs wherein like reference letters designate H is the smaller end of through said frame member, by a shoulder or head K, to abutting the upper face of the frame member in opposition to the clamping nut J by increasing the diameter of the device to provide the larger stem portion L, the same being threaded as at Z, in a direction opposite to the threading of the reduced stem'portion H, so that in this instance also a binding nut M may be forced home by a turning movement to the right, as usual in applying a nut to the ordinary bolt. v l

l The larger stem portion L, when-the device is initially clamped to the frame member, constitutes in a sensea permanent fit on the frame and serves as an upwardly projecting stud over which the flange B and flange I) may he slipped, enabled by their alined openings, and the radiator and easing or shell may then be securely bound in place by the application of the nut M, as will be clear.

Any one experienced with the assembling of automobile parts knows that great inconvenience is frequently encountered by tl e falling of the bolts or nuts into the drip pan or interior closely related parts of the mechanism, and it will be correspondingly appreciated that bythe provision of my present fastener it will practically never be necessary to release the fastener from the supporting frame member F, unless in rare instances, the studs should become broken or its thread Z impaired.

To remove the casing C or the radiator A, it is simply necessary to remove the nuts M and lift the casing, or the casing and the radiator, as the case may be, off the studs the entire operation takes places from the can terior of the vehicle, where there is plenty of room for the work.

lVhile I'have herein disclosed a Specific embodiment of the invention, it will be clear that the-same is capable of embodiment in "other forms and devices as may fall within the terms of the hereto appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1s:

1. In a. radiator, a supporting 7 member provided with a horizontally extending apertured flange, a radiator part'to be supported thereby having an outstanding apertured flange fitting upon. the flange of the supporting member, a vertically extending double stem bolt having its reduced portion passed through the aperture in the flange of the supporting member and threaded for the accommodation of a nut, a nutengaging the stem to clamp the bolt to the flange of the supporting member, the enlarged portion of the bolt passing through the apertured flange of the radiator part, and means engaging said enlarged portion of the stem bolt to clamp the flange of the radiator part to the flange of the supporting member.

2. In a radiator, a supporting member provided with an outwardly extending apertured flange, a radiator part to be supported thereby and having an outstanding apertnred flange fitting upon the flange of the supporting member, a double stem bolt having its reduced portion passed through the opening of the flange of the supporting member and threaded for the accommodation of a nut, a nut engaging the same to clamp the bolt to the flange of the su 'iporting member, the enlar 'ed portion of" the bolt passing through the apertured flange of the radiator part, and means engaging said enlarged portion of the bolt to elamu the flange of the radiator part to the flang of the supporting member, said last mentioned means including an oppositely threaded surface on the enlarged portiot-i of tl e bolt, and a nut engaging the same.

3. In a radiator, a supporting member provided with. an outwardly extending apen tured flange, a double stem bolt having its reduced end secured to the flange of the supporting member with the under face of the enlarged portion engaging the upper face of the flange of the supporting Pmuihc-r a radiator core member having an mitstanning apertured flange fitting over the enlarged end of the bolt and resting upon the flange of the supporting member, a casing! part provided wit-h an outstanding uDer-- t-ured flange fitting over the enlarged end 0 l' the bolt and resting upon the flange of the radiator core member, and means engaging said enlarged portion of the bolt for clainping the flanges of the core member and the casing to the flange of the supporting niemher.

4. In a radiator, a supporting member provided with an outwardly extending apertured flange and having an upv-wardly projecting stud, radiator part provided with an outstandingflange fitting over the stud and resting against the flange of the supporting member, and means engaging the stud for clamping the flange of the iadnu'or part to the flange of the supporting member, in combination with a radiator easiug member provided with en apertured out standing flange secured by said clamping means between the same and the flange of the radiator core part.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. in the presence of two witne s s.

JOHN J. PENHALLEGON.

lVitnesses GEORGE D. RILEY, Saw/um Bacon.

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